By: Brady Hull
COLORADO ROCKIES SELECT INFIELDER ETHAN HOLLIDAY WITH THE FOURTH OVERALL PICK IN THE 2025 FIRST-YEAR PLAYER DRAFT July 13, 2025 COLORADO ROCKIES SELECT INFIELDER ETHAN HOLLIDAY WITH THE FOURTH OVERALL PICK IN THE 2025 FIRST-YEAR PLAYER DRAFT SCOTTSDALE – With the fourth overall pick in the 2025 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft, the Colorado Rockies selected infielder Ethan Holliday out of Stillwater High School in Stillwater, Okla. Holliday becomes the Rockies' first high schooler selected in the first round since outfielder Benny Montgomery in 2021, and their 15th high schooler all-time taken with their first selection. The son of former Rockie and seven-time All-Star Matt Holliday (2004-08, 2018), and brother of Baltimore Orioles shortstop Jackson Holliday (taken No. 1 overall in the 2022 First-Year Player Draft), Ethan was named Gatorade's 2024-25 Oklahoma Player of the Year, hitting .611 (58-for-95) with a 1.295 slugging percentage and 2.038 OPS, to go along with 19 home runs, 64 RBI, 44 walks and eight strikeouts in his senior season. Following this campaign, Ethan was named the Baseball America High School Player of the Year and the National Prep Baseball Player of the Year. He was recognized as the No. 1 high school prospect entering the 2025 Draft by Perfect Game. The Rockies have three more selections on this first day of the draft: the 45th pick in the second round, the 74th pick in the competitive balance round B, and the 77th pick in the third round. —ROCKIES.COM— COMMUNICATIONS COORS FIELD | 2001 BLAKE STREET | DENVER CO Senior Director ‑ Cory Little Senior Manager ‑ Shelby Cravens Senior Coordinator ‑ Kevin Collins Coordinator ‑ Robert Livingston Spanish Communications Coordinator ‑ Edwin Perez | [email protected] | [email protected] | [email protected] | [email protected] | [email protected] Virtual Press Box ‑ Visit our website at for tickets and information. This email and any attachments are confidential and are the property of the Colorado Rockies Baseball Club and are subject to our Internet Acceptable Use Policy. It is intended for use by the recipient only. Any unauthorized use, dissemination, copying, or distribution of this email is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please delete the original message and all attachments and notify the sender at the above-listed email address. The Colorado Rockies Baseball Club may monitor and archive all emails, both inbound and outbound, for compliance or for any other reason. Any attachment to this email may contain software viruses, which could damage your computer system. We do not accept any liability for any such damage. You should carry out your own virus checks before opening any attachment.
